Held in lieu of posting $1 million bail since her arrest March 26 over the unprovoked attack on her 13-year-old daughter — who has recovered — Caldera was ordered by Steel to be treated at the state mental hospital in Vernon.

If and when her condition is deemed suitable for a return to society, she won't face further prosecution for the incident, Millan said.

He said his client, a nurse and single mother who'd previously been treated for anxiety and depression, blacked out during the violent early-morning episode in which she slashed her daughter's throat with a knife, cut her own wrists and then punched out windows on her Gettysburg Drive home.

Responding officers found Caldera making incomprehensible noises, said Millan, noting: “She was still having auditory hallucinations for several days thereafter.”

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He asked the court to dismiss the assault charge against Caldera and get her treated.

Millan said three witnesses took the stand Wednesday: Caldera's roommate, her brother and a Guadalupe County jail staffer. Millan also said the victim, who's not in contact with her mother, filed an affidavit stating she didn't want to her go to prison.

Assistant District Attorney Christopher Lyerla, who represented the state at Wednesday's trial, couldn't be reached.